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Timely and original, Rethinking Communication Geographies explores
the human condition under digital capitalism, depicting an
environment in which digital logistics have taken centre stage in
day-to-day life. The book responds to a pressing need to address
the key questions of human autonomy and security, as well as the
social power relations of the platform economy, in a world in which
media and space have become increasingly entangled. Establishing a
framework for understanding 'geomedia' as an environmental regime
that shapes human subjectivity, Andre Jansson advances a humanistic
and interdisciplinary approach to the study of communication
geographies, arguing that human activities are accommodated to
sustain the circulation of digital data. The book examines concrete
examples related to audio-streaming, transmedia tourism, and
platform urbanism, ultimately demonstrating how digital skills and
logistical expertise have become forms of capital in contemporary
society. Mapping ongoing transitions related to how digitalization
affects spatial processes, the unique perspectives explored in this
book will be of equal interest to postgraduates and researchers in
the fields of human geography and media and communication studies.
The innovative concepts and approaches to the study of digital
geography introduced throughout will also enhance the dialogue
between a vast range of disciplines across the humanities and
social sciences.
This book introduces and develops the concept of geomedia studies
as the name of a particular subfield of communication geography.
Despite the accelerating societal relevance of 'geomedia'
technologies for the production of various spaces, mobilities, and
power-relations, and the unquestionable emergence of a vibrant
research field that deals with questions pertaining to such topics,
the term geomedia studies remains surprisingly unestablished. By
addressing imperative questions about the implications of geomedia
technologies for organizations, social groups and individuals (e.g.
businesses profiting from geo-surveillance, refugees or migrants
moving across national borders, or artists claiming their rights to
public space) the book also aims to contribute to ongoing academic
and societal debates in our increasingly mediatized world.
Mediatization and Mobile Lives: A Critical Approach contributes to
a complex, situated and critical understanding of what
mediatization means and how it works in contemporary life. The book
explores the tension between the extended capabilities offered by
media technology and growing media reliance, focusing particularly
on mobile middle-class lives. It problematizes how mediatization is
culturally legitimized in our times, when connectivity and mobility
are increasingly seen as mandatory elements of self-realization.
Supported by extensive fieldwork carried out in contexts of
gentrification, elite cosmopolitanism and post-tourism, Andre
Jansson advances a critical, cultural materialist perspective of
mediatization as he examines how people are torn between the new
opportunities afforded by their mobile lives and the feeling of
being trapped by our connected media culture. Mediatization and
Mobile Lives offers an engaging and critical exploration of the
interplay between mediatization, individualization and
globalization, making it an ideal resource for students and
scholars of Media and Communication.
Although there are human geographers who have previously written on
matters of media and communication, and those in media and
communication studies who have previously written on geographical
issues, this is the first book-length dialogue in which experienced
theorists and researchers from these different fields address each
other directly and engage in conversation across traditional
academic boundaries. The result is a compelling discussion, with
the authors setting out statements of their positions before
responding to the arguments made by others. One significant aspect
of this discussion is a spirited debate about the sort of
interdisciplinary area that might emerge as a focus for future
work. Does the already-established idea of communication geography
offer the best way forward? If so, what would applied or critical
forms of communication geography be concerned to do? Could
communication geography benefit from the sorts of conjunctural
analysis that have been developed in contemporary cultural studies?
Might a further way forward be to imagine an interdisciplinary
field of everyday-life studies, which would draw critically on
non-representational theories of practice and movement? Readers of
Communications/Media/Geographies are invited to join the debate,
thinking through such questions for themselves, and the themes that
are explored in this book (for example, of space, place, meaning,
power, and ethics) will be of interest not only to academics in
human geography and in media and communication studies, but also to
a wider range of scholars from across the humanities and social
sciences.
How do individuals perceive the increasingly open-ended nature of
mediated surveillance? In what ways are mediated surveillance
practices interwoven with identity processes, political struggles,
expression of dissent and the production of social space? One of
the most significant issues in contemporary society is the complex
forms and conflicting meanings surveillance takes. Media,
Surveillance and Identity addresses the need for contextualized
social perspectives within the study of mediated surveillance. The
volume takes account of dominant power structures (such as state
surveillance and commercial surveillance) and social reproduction
as well as political economic considerations, counter-privacy
discourses, and class and gender hegemonies. Some chapters analyse
particular media types, formats or platforms (such as loyalty cards
or location based services), while others account for the composite
dynamics of media ensembles within particular spaces of
surveillance or identity creation (such as consumerism or the
domestic sphere). Through empirically grounded research, the volume
seeks to advance a complex framework of research for future
scrutiny as well as rethinking the very concept of surveillance. In
doing so, it offers a unique contribution to contemporary debates
on the social implications of mediated practices and surveillance
cultures.
Certain bizarre spaces, where disruption or disarray rule, leave us
estranged and 'out of place'. This book examines such spaces,
highlighting the emotional and mediated geographies of uncertainty
and the state of being 'in-between'; of cognitive displacement,
loss, fear, or exhilaration. It expands on why space is sometimes
estranging and for whom it is strange. It is the first book to link
strangeness and spatial production, as well as empirical
explorations of strange spaces within a profound theoretical
discussion of 'what is strange about strange spaces' and how they
evolve in a modern media age.
Although there are human geographers who have previously written on
matters of media and communication, and those in media and
communication studies who have previously written on geographical
issues, this is the first book-length dialogue in which experienced
theorists and researchers from these different fields address each
other directly and engage in conversation across traditional
academic boundaries. The result is a compelling discussion, with
the authors setting out statements of their positions before
responding to the arguments made by others. One significant aspect
of this discussion is a spirited debate about the sort of
interdisciplinary area that might emerge as a focus for future
work. Does the already-established idea of communication geography
offer the best way forward? If so, what would applied or critical
forms of communication geography be concerned to do? Could
communication geography benefit from the sorts of conjunctural
analysis that have been developed in contemporary cultural studies?
Might a further way forward be to imagine an interdisciplinary
field of everyday-life studies, which would draw critically on
non-representational theories of practice and movement? Readers of
Communications/Media/Geographies are invited to join the debate,
thinking through such questions for themselves, and the themes that
are explored in this book (for example, of space, place, meaning,
power, and ethics) will be of interest not only to academics in
human geography and in media and communication studies, but also to
a wider range of scholars from across the humanities and social
sciences.
This book introduces and develops the concept of geomedia studies
as the name of a particular subfield of communication geography.
Despite the accelerating societal relevance of 'geomedia'
technologies for the production of various spaces, mobilities, and
power-relations, and the unquestionable emergence of a vibrant
research field that deals with questions pertaining to such topics,
the term geomedia studies remains surprisingly unestablished. By
addressing imperative questions about the implications of geomedia
technologies for organizations, social groups and individuals (e.g.
businesses profiting from geo-surveillance, refugees or migrants
moving across national borders, or artists claiming their rights to
public space) the book also aims to contribute to ongoing academic
and societal debates in our increasingly mediatized world.
Certain bizarre spaces, where disruption or disarray rule, leave us
estranged and 'out of place'. This book examines such spaces,
highlighting the emotional and mediated geographies of uncertainty
and the state of being 'in-between'; of cognitive displacement,
loss, fear, or exhilaration. It expands on why space is sometimes
estranging and for whom it is strange. It is the first book to link
strangeness and spatial production, as well as empirical
explorations of strange spaces within a profound theoretical
discussion of 'what is strange about strange spaces' and how they
evolve in a modern media age.
Online Territories brings key research and writings in the
interdisciplinary study of new media and society together to answer
questions arising from the ways in which online technologies are
currently being envisioned, used, and experienced. The book offers
an up-to-date contextualization of online practices and explores,
from a variety of perspectives, the emergence of new experiences
and routines in relation to - and new conceptions of - social
space. This volume addresses the need for further, research-based
contextualization of preexisting theories related with
globalization, mobility, citizenship and civic participation,
socio-spatial dynamics, network society, and others. Online
territories are traced in relation to three distinct and
interrelated pathways - the everyday; the civic and the public; and
the transnational/translocal - by taking mediation, communicative
practice, and social space as departure points. The book includes
an afterword by David Morley.
In Transmedia Work Karin Fast and Andre Jansson explore several key
questions that frame the study of the social and cultural
implications of a digital, connected workforce. How might we
understand 'privilege' and 'precariousness' in today's digitalized
work market? What does it mean to be a privileged worker under the
so-called connectivity imperative? What are the social and cultural
forces that normalize the appropriation of new media in, and
beyond, the workplace? These key questions come together in the
notion of transmedia work - a term through which a social critique
of work under digital modernity can be formulated. Transmedia work
refers to the rise of a new social condition that saturates many
different types of work, with various outcomes. In some social
groups, and in certain professions, transmedia work is
wholeheartedly embraced, while it is questioned and resisted
elsewhere. There are also variations in terms of control; who can
maintain a sense of mastery over transmedia work and who cannot?
Through interviews with cultural workers, expatriates, and mobile
business workers, and ancillary empirical data such as corporate
technology and coworking discourse, Transmedia Work is an important
addition to the study of mediatization and digital culture.
In Transmedia Work Karin Fast and Andre Jansson explore several key
questions that frame the study of the social and cultural
implications of a digital, connected workforce. How might we
understand 'privilege' and 'precariousness' in today's digitalized
work market? What does it mean to be a privileged worker under the
so-called connectivity imperative? What are the social and cultural
forces that normalize the appropriation of new media in, and
beyond, the workplace? These key questions come together in the
notion of transmedia work - a term through which a social critique
of work under digital modernity can be formulated. Transmedia work
refers to the rise of a new social condition that saturates many
different types of work, with various outcomes. In some social
groups, and in certain professions, transmedia work is
wholeheartedly embraced, while it is questioned and resisted
elsewhere. There are also variations in terms of control; who can
maintain a sense of mastery over transmedia work and who cannot?
Through interviews with cultural workers, expatriates, and mobile
business workers, and ancillary empirical data such as corporate
technology and coworking discourse, Transmedia Work is an important
addition to the study of mediatization and digital culture.
Mediatization and Mobile Lives: A Critical Approach contributes to
a complex, situated and critical understanding of what
mediatization means and how it works in contemporary life. The book
explores the tension between the extended capabilities offered by
media technology and growing media reliance, focusing particularly
on mobile middle-class lives. It problematizes how mediatization is
culturally legitimized in our times, when connectivity and mobility
are increasingly seen as mandatory elements of self-realization.
Supported by extensive fieldwork carried out in contexts of
gentrification, elite cosmopolitanism and post-tourism, Andre
Jansson advances a critical, cultural materialist perspective of
mediatization as he examines how people are torn between the new
opportunities afforded by their mobile lives and the feeling of
being trapped by our connected media culture. Mediatization and
Mobile Lives offers an engaging and critical exploration of the
interplay between mediatization, individualization and
globalization, making it an ideal resource for students and
scholars of Media and Communication.
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